I’ve yet to hear a better reason than “well, because” for why a President needs to have held any elected office before and I laid out a couple good reasons why a skilled and experienced executive can do just fine without such experience. It’s worth a listen.

And now, links!

Glenn Reynolds on Media Matters: “Apparently, their only real function is to help liberal journalists self-herd”. Well, that and as a jobs program for hacks.

Here’s an interesting study from Nielsen that found people tend to use tablet computers like the iPad for watching television or movies and use eReaders like the Kindle or Nook for reading in bed. I can’t say that’s how I use either one, but it does make sense to me. I imagine you’ll see developers create new uses for those devices to take advantage of the patterns (via Techmeme).